1956 Los Angeles Rams Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Sid Gillman (4-8)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1956 Los Angeles Rams RosterTeam Record: 4-8
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Sid Gillman (4-8)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1956 Los Angeles Rams Results
The Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.
Los Angeles scored 291 points, while the defensive squad conceded 307. Ron Waller ran for a team-leading 543 yards for the Rams, while Tommy Wilson and Tank Younger additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Billy Wade tossed for 1,461 yards. Leon Clarke topped the receiving corps, snagging 36 balls for 650 yards. Bob Boyd and Elroy Hirsch were targeted regularly also.
Jim Cason and Will Sherman each snatched 4 opponent throws.
Sid Gillman coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Billy Wade | 178 | 91 | 51.1 | 1461 | 8.2 | 10 | 5.6 | 13 | 7.3 | 76 | 67.2 | Norm Van Brocklin | 124 | 68 | 54.8 | 966 | 7.8 | 7 | 5.6 | 12 | 9.7 | 58 | 59.5 | Rudy Bukich | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 130 | 5.7 | 1 | 4.3 | 3 | 13.0 | 34 | 36.8 | Ron Waller | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 81.9 | Tommy Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 329 | 170 | 51.7 | 2601 | 7.9 | 18 | 5.5 | 28 | 8.5 | 76 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ron Waller | 83 | 543 | 6.5 | 46 | 1 | Tank Younger | 114 | 518 | 4.5 | 33 | 3 | Tommy Wilson | 64 | 470 | 7.3 | 46 | 0 | Joe Marconi | 75 | 298 | 4.0 | 23 | 7 | Billy Wade | 26 | 93 | 3.6 | 33 | 3 | Brad Myers | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 | Skeet Quinlan | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 | Rudy Bukich | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Norm Van Brocklin | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | Bob Boyd | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 384 | 1978 | 5.2 | 46 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Leon Clarke | 36 | 650 | 18.1 | 60 | 4 | Elroy Hirsch | 35 | 603 | 17.2 | 76 | 6 | Bob Boyd | 30 | 586 | 19.5 | 61 | 7 | Tank Younger | 18 | 268 | 14.9 | 54 | 0 | Joe Marconi | 12 | 70 | 5.8 | 31 | 0 | Ron Miller | 11 | 129 | 11.7 | 21 | 0 | Ron Waller | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 16 | 0 | Tommy Wilson | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 34 | 0 | Bob Carey | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 18 | 1 | Tom Fears | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 18 | 0 | Skeet Quinlan | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 170 | 2601 | 15.3 | 76 | 18 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Les Richter | 38 | 36 | 94.7 | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 60 | Bud McFadin | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38 | 36 | 94.7 | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 63 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Norm Van Brocklin | 48 | 2070 | 43.1 | 72 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 48 | 2070 | 43.1 | 72 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Will Sherman | 12 | 100 | 8.3 | 76 | 1 | Ron Waller | 14 | 65 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 | Skeet Quinlan | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 19 | 0 | Brad Myers | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | Jesse Whittenton | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 10 | 0 | Tommy Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 43 | 253 | 5.9 | 76 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tommy Wilson | 15 | 477 | 31.8 | 103 | 1 | Ron Waller | 11 | 276 | 25.1 | 40 | 0 | Jesse Whittenton | 4 | 85 | 21.2 | 27 | 0 | Bob Boyd | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 23 | 0 | Brad Myers | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 | Skeet Quinlan | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Toogood | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Les Richter | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Duane Putnam | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Panfil | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 44 | 1011 | 23.0 | 103 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Will Sherman | 4 | 122 | 30.5 | 95 | 1 | Jim Cason | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 29 | 0 | Jesse Whittenton | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 32 | 1 | Hugh Pitts | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 | Don Burroughs | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | Sid Fournet | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | Rex Shiver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 18 | 328 | 18.2 | 95 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Billy Wade | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Boyd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bud McFadin | 1 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | Leon Clarke | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Ellena | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Cason | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Waller | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hugh Pitts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tommy Wilson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Fry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Daugherty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Duane Putnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Miller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Art Hauser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Panfil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rex Shiver | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Norm Van Brocklin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tank Younger | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brad Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Skeet Quinlan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Marconi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Les Richter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 60 | Bob Boyd | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Joe Marconi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Elroy Hirsch | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Leon Clarke | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Billy Wade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Tank Younger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Will Sherman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bud McFadin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Norm Van Brocklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Carey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jesse Whittenton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tommy Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ron Waller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 15 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 291 |
